Czech author Arnošt Lustig died last week. Lustig was a renowned Jewish writer, teacher, friend of Czech authors and dignitaries, and a Holocaust survivor. During his 84 years, Arnošt witnessed the worst of men, yet chose to defy sadness and anger by living as happily and humbly as he could. His fiction and his life… more

Jim Harrison appeared on my radar about two years ago when my father-in-law recommended True North, which turned out to be one of my favorite books of all-time. I immediately went on to read almost all of Harrison’s works. Though on the surface Harrison would seem to be comparable to Hemingway – rural Michigan, fishing,… more